15 Feb 2025

Condiment Claire gets saucy

From Saturday Morning, 10:08 am on 15 February 2025

Condiments - they're always there, standing by ready to enhance any meal at a moment's notice, but how much do we really know about them?

Condiment Claire, aka Claire Dinhut is a historian with a focus on food history, and a TikTok sensation with her videos breaking down everything from the history of wine to sharing recipes for candied jalapenos. She's just published The Condiment Book which covers everything from fail-safe recipes, flavour pairings, and the history of condiments from around the globe from tomato sauce originally being made with fish, to chillis being used as Aztec torture devices.

Mihi gets the inside scoop.

Claire Dinhut next to her book cover 'The Condiment Book'

Photo: Bloomsbury